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Digital Identities Now Available

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the true-names dept.

Largecranium writes, "I-names, the only globally unique, resolvable namespace in parallel to the DNS system and compatible with OpenID, are being introduced during Digital ID World in Santa Clara. I-Names are only as useful as the services they enable; the services that are available today are interesting but not life-changing. The ones that are coming in the next 6-12 months could change the way people interact online. I-names and their value (today and tomorrow) are casually explained at iwantmynamenow.com." I-names are the lineal descendant of the technology that began as XNS and continues evolving today as XDI.

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  1. excellent! by macadamia_harold · · Score: 4, Funny

    Digital Identities Now Available

    Excellent! Because, you know, regular identity theft was just becoming boring.

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  2. Re:YATBFARIADS by Pacifist+Brawler · · Score: 2, Funny

    When all of the cool kids are in the database, won't it be worth your twenty dollars to join?

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  3. I'll keep my analog identity by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ive always prefered the warm feeling of my analog identity, just like i prefer the sounds of vinyl and tubes.

  4. Golgolfrincham calling... by Burz · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...we were wondering what happened to the surviving middlemen from the B-Ark.

    What's that you say? They work for "i-names" now?

    "Internet sanitizers" you say? Well.... we're so delighted their safely with you.

    (And not us!)

  5. Re:Could somebody explain it? by kfg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Could somebody explain wtf this is . . .

    They want your money.

    . . .reveal what a privacy nightmare it's going to be?

    Big. Really big. Huuuuuge.

    KFG

  6. Re:Big words make BadAnalogyGuy crosseyed by jimstapleton · · Score: 2, Funny

    GMale? That doesn't sound like a place to get email addresses. I'm not even gonna tray that on my browser, I can easily guess what it'll bring up...

    Sorry, I just found the typo amusing.

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  7. Re:YATBFARIADS by CRiMSON · · Score: 2, Funny

    24823?! Pssshhh

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  8. Re:YATBFARIADS by defile · · Score: 2, Funny

    Still here and still living in mom's basement.

  9. normally, the price is about $20 per year by bumblefoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    you mean like the other i-name sites that have all charged 20 dollars a year?

  10. Re:Big words make BadAnalogyGuy crosseyed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I have my own Star named after me. Plus, for vacations, a square foot
    of land on the Moon. Why settle for a name on the Innernet?

  11. I can see the EBAY add now! by RingDev · · Score: 2, Funny

    WTS /. User account, excellent karma, 4 digit ID. No journal entries, friends list of pro-linux advocates, many fans, no freaks.

    Starting bid of $500.

    -Rick

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